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While Diestco Manufacturing is probably best known for its scooter and wheelchair covers, canopies and equipment holders, home accessibility dealers may be pleasantly surprised to learn that the Chico, Calif.-based manufacturer also carries products to help scooter and wheelchair users move more freely into and within their homes. EZ Edge threshold ramps come in three…

Remember how much fun it was as a kid to jump into puddles, run under sprinklers or shower your sister with the garden hose while claiming to wash your dad’s car in the driveway? There’s something very liberating about water and wide-open spaces… which perhaps explains some of the attraction of wet rooms, those trendy…

Home modification is a hot topic, with do-it-yourself TV shows and super-sized hardware stores seeking the attention and dollars of improvement-minded homeowners. Add architects, contractors and interior designers to the mix, and you have an industry worth billions. Despite the national slowdown in consumer purchasing of new and existing homes, the not-for-profit Home Improvement Research…

When tight spaces or steep grades require a lift, Bruno Independent Living Aids suggests the only way to go is up — via the VPL-3100. This vertical platform lift includes standard features such as an automatic self-lowering folding ramp, separate up and down push-button switches with key switch control, and a spring-sensitive bottom plate that…

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) offers a free consumer kitchen and bath workbook “to help you turn your dreams into reality” — and to help consumers get more realistic about what a remodel entails. Predictably, the workbook encourages consumers to consult professionals instead of doing the work themselves. But the workbook also can…

While we’re all used to doors that automatically open at the grocery store (or the garage door that opens at the push of a button when we return), residential door-opening systems are much more rare. But such systems can mean the difference between entering and exiting a home independently, or having to rely on others…

Few words in mobility and rehab stir up as much passion as “service.” To many suppliers, offering personalized and customized service, often involving the most complex of seating and positioning cases, is more than a payor mandate; it’s a calling. And to many suppliers, providing superior, round-the-clock service is a way to distinguish themselves from…

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) offers a free consumer kitchen and bath workbook “to help you turn your dreams into reality” — and to help you realistically anticipate and plan for what a remodel entails. Predictably, the workbook encourages consumers to consult professionals instead of doing the work themselves. But the workbook also…

DME Suppliers Tell Their Stories in the Digital Marketplace

If you’re a mobility dealer, you already know the drill: An excited customer arrives at your door, announces that he/she has just purchased a new van, minivan or SUV from the car dealer down the street, and now wants you to install a wheelchair or scooter lift or ramp. How often have you then had to break the news that a particular make or model cannot be adapted to the customer’s needs?